Homework Help: trig

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 8:08pm.

Olivia has a pool slide that makes an angle of 25º with the water. The top of the slide stands 4.5 feet above the surface of the water. The slide makes a straight line into the water. How long is the slide?

trig - Reiny, Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 9:05pm
sin 25° = 4.5/x
x = 4.5/sin25 = appr 10.6 ft

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